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      City profile: Ankara

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      Author
      Batuman, B.
      Date
      2013, 4
      Source Title
      Cities
      Print ISSN
      0264-2751
      Publisher
      Elsevier
      Volume
      31
      Pages
      578 - 590
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      Although Ankara has a long history, it is generally known for its twentieth century development as the designed capital of the newly-born Turkish nation-state. The early episode of the city's growth displayed a typical example of modernization with the hand of a determined nationalist government. Yet, the second half of the century, also similar to other developing parts of the world, witnessed the uncontrollable expansion of the city with the emergence of squatter areas. Providing a brief discussion of this history, the article focuses on the recent developments in Ankara's urban growth, which was marked by an original trend in urban politics. A significant combination of neoliberal development strategies and Islamist social welfare policies has emerged in the Turkish cities in the last two decades. Ankara, being the symbol of republican modernization distinguished with a radical interpretation of secularism, suffers this political tension and witnesses the social predicaments of an immense transformation shaped by urban regeneration projects.
      Keywords
      Ankara
      Ankara greater municipality
      Islamic neoliberalism
      Squatters
      Turkey
      Urban politics
      Urban regeneration
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/21026
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2012.05.016
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